help for carpentry software choice

[chessippeo]

Hello everyone,
I find myself having to propose a question that has been asked several times in this forum, and whose topics I have read with interest. I would now like to propose it again to have an opinion from you, in case things have changed in recent times.
for a number of reasons I am evaluating the purchase of carpentry software and are more than ever undecided among what the market offers. I immediately say that my budget does not allow me to access products like tekla, as I must necessarily stay under 10k euro, and already this limit I could reach it tirelessly. In particular I need to model metal carpentry structures of medium complexity even with non-standard knots, and the most important thing is the precision marking and recognition of assembly (no lost objects on the street!) and a table setting that is well set in order to be able to adapt it to the required styles and minimize the need to put hand to the drawings.
for now I have evaluated the structural detailing of autodesk and I am now evaluating the graitec advance steel.
thanks in advance to all

 

[maxopus]

by user ptc I suggest you also evaluate creo with afx module (specific for structures).
powerful, very stable, customizable and is in your budget.

 

[Luca77]

Hello cassipeo,
please don't compare asd (structural detailing) with advance! I was about to make a hole in the water, but fortunately (or bad luck) an acquaintance had bought asd and I could discuss it: There are no comparisons.

 

[chessippeo]

thanks to both for sharing your experiences, in fact I also used asd for about a year in the company, but only sporadically. now I have been trying advance for a few days but also to me it seems better, more stable, faster and with a really wide nodes library... .of course this is the opinion of a neophyte. I create with afx form I didn't even know him, I'll inform me immediately, thanks for the tip.

 

[Luca77]

thanks to both for sharing your experiences, in fact I also used asd for about a year in the company, but only sporadically. now I have been trying advance for a few days but also to me it seems better, more stable, faster and with a really wide nodes library... .of course this is the opinion of a neophyte. I create with afx form I didn't even know him, I'll inform me immediately, thanks for the tip.

di nulla! ciao.